As always, he was extremely upbeat and positive without sounding naive.

It sounds very naive, but I didn't know she was going to be killed.

The words had never sounded so pathetic and naive to her before.

That might sound naive to some people but to me it was like a flowering of my life.

This may sound naive to many but the opposite is true.

On its face, the idea sounded naive: stop the war by offering to buy weapons.

I asked, trying to sound naive and interested in the story.

This may sound incredibly naive to a sophisticated audience, but it is true.

"On the face of it, i'd have to say the proposal sounds incredibly naive."

It sounds naive or like something heard a long time ago.